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  • 621st CRW aides in SAR mission, saves one life on cruise ship

    When the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center alert phones ring, it is never about good news. On an Ovation of the Seas cruise liner, 800 nautical miles from the coast of San Francisco, a 64-year-old man suffered a heart attack.This prompted the AFRCC to reach out to the California Air National

  • USAF CMSgt retires after 30-year career

    I originally joined with plans to do four years, get my education and either commission or leave the military for work in the private sector. Here I am, 30 years later, retired from the Air Force and wondering how I stayed in all these years. Easy, I have loved every stage of my career and feel

  • 621 CRW supports AGF 23-1; 366 FW Lead Wing certification

    The deafening sound of jet engines running hung heavy in the hot and humid air. This is where Contingency Response Airmen worked, each layered with armored helmets, bulletproof vests, fire-retardant uniforms and slung M-4 carbines across their chests. Attentive eyes scanned each operating location

  • 721 CRS Assumption of Command

    The 621st Contingency Response Wing held an assumption of command ceremony for the standup of a brand new unit, the 721st Contingency Response Squadron, at Travis Air Force Base, California, Jan. 12.Formerly the 6th Air Refueling Wing’s Chief of Safety, Lt. Col. D. Gifford Bloom, explained how proud

  • 43d AES inactivates from Pope after storied history

    Medical emergencies, natural disasters, transporting wounded patients from the battlefield. Nurses and medical technicians rapidly deploying within 24 hours to move patients, sick or wounded, from disaster sites to adequate medical facilities by aircraft. That is the mission of aeromedical

  • Hellhound innovation saves time, effort, money

    “Knowledge is power and should be shared democratically.”This is the quote you will find at the desk of Staff Sgt. Timothy Miller, 821st Contingency Response Squadron tactics flight. And this isn’t just a quote he appreciates; it’s something he lives by.Miller finished in the top five of 64 Airmen,